Archive for June 2012

Men’s GB Wheelchair Basketball squad announced for London 2012

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Congratulations to the 12 Wheelchair Basketball players who have been selected to represent GB at the forthcoming Paralympic Games in London. We are delighted for local players Abdi Jama, Ade Orogbemi, Dan Highcock and Jon Pollock, who regularly train at Greenbank Sports Academy.

The full squad is:

Abdi Jama

Matt Byrne

Peter Finbow

Matt Sealy

Ade Orogbemi

Jon Pollock

Jon Hall

Ian Sagar

Simon Munn

Gaz Choudhry

Terry Bywater

Dan Highcock

Follow the teams progress during the Paralympics on Channel 4 (29 August – 9 September).

Primary Panathlon Challenge at Greenbank

The Panathlon Challenge offers the chance for young disabled people with a range of abilities to get involved in a variety sports.

Over 3,000 disabled young people are expected to be competing in 50 different sporting events across the country this year. 200 Young Leaders as Panathlon Officials have been trained and a further 100 coaches are qualifying with various sporting body qualifications.